Weight and density of materials
So you want to load a car with a particular commodity, but you're not sure how much of the commodity the car will hold, you can (eventually) look up the density of the products in the tables below, and find out how much the car can hold. Note, sometimes the car can hold more--sometimes much more--of the product by volume than by weight. The creators and maintainers of these tables are not responsible if you overload the car.
Agricultural products
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
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Food
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
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Forest products
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
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Manufactured products
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
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Mining products
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
|
| Iron ore, hematite |
bulk |
4000-5000 lbs per cubic yard |
1810-2450 kg per cubic meter |
|
Backyard |
|
| Iron ore, magnatite |
bulk |
4700 lbs per cubic yard |
2790 kg per cubic meter |
|
Backyard |
|
| Iron ore, pyrite |
bulk |
4350 lbs per cubic yard |
2280 kg per cubic meter |
|
Backyard |
|
| Iron ore, taconite |
bulk |
3600-4200 lbs per cubic yard |
1630-1900 kg per cubic meter |
|
Backyard |
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| Coal, Anthracite, Raw |
Bulk |
2000 lbs. per cubic yard |
1190 kgs per cubic meter |
|
Backyard |
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Petroleum products
| Product name |
Product form |
Density (Imperial measure) |
Density (Metric measure) |
Hazardous class |
Source |
comment
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